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Basic Fire Fighting Certificate Program - Justice Institute of British Columbia The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC), via the Fire and Safety Division, offers the Basic Fire Fighting Certificate Program. The latter is only available to Fire Service personnel serving in 'volunteer or composite fire' departments in BC, and provides them 'with the basic training' needed to properly serve their respective communities. The Certificate demonstrates that the student has 'an understanding of nine essential subject areas considered to be essential skills for all fire fighters' including fire behavior, fire hoses, appliances, and streams, ladders, rescue, ropes and knots, safety, ventilation, and water supplies. Training will take 'place using fire department resources or other self-directed method of learning.' All of the Program's courses, which 'are evaluated by JIBC certified personnel,' will require students to take both written examinations and practical evaluations. Written tests will be 'marked at the New Westminster Campus with a target turnaround of 5 working days' while 'practical evaluations are conducted at site with the students given immediate feedback.' Career-wise, graduates will have acquired the qualifications that will candidates for various 'professional (paid), full time' employment in Firefighting throughout Canada or the United States. Firefighters may work in a wide range of environments like airports, forests and parks, hazardous materials units, hospitals, and other industrial, rural, urban, and suburban areas. The environment in which firefighters work will often determine the exact duties they will perform, and some firefighters may develop specialization in an area of Firefighting. For example, those working in forest land tend to focus on fire prevention by, among other ways, surveying the land for fire hazards and fires and quickly organizing responses to the latter when they do occur to limit their spread and damage. Through further training, firefighters may become fire investigators who attempt to reconstruct the origin and cause(s) of a fire. Investigators will usually collect evidence and witness accounts which they then use to produce reports about said fire; in cases where the law may become involved, investigators may be called to testify in court. Firefighting can be a strenuous and physically and mentally demanding career. Firefighters tend to work long and varied hours, and may be called upon to respond to emergencies at anytime during a 24-hour period, including on holidays. Moreover, Firefighting is a dangerous profession with risks for death and/or injuries and/or health problems from things like flames, falling objects, hazardous materials, and imploding structures. When firefighters are not combating fires or attending to other emergency situations directly, they are often at fire stations waiting to be called to duty or performing drills, among other things, or they may be actively engaged in promoting fire prevention.
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